細節
JEAN-BAPTISTE WEYLER (FRENCH, 1747-1791)
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), in brown fur-bordered cloak and cravat
enamel
oval, ¾ in. (19 mm.) high, pierced gold frame with blue, white and green enamel and set with seed-pearls, the glazed reverse revealing counter-enamel
來源
David David-Weill (1871-1952) Collection, Neuilly-sur-Seine, no. 4262. Sold by Wildenstein, Paris, to Sir Charles Clore (1905-1979), London; The Clore Collection of Portrait Miniatures, part II, Sotheby's, London, 10 November 1986, lot 197.
出版
L. Gillet, C. Jeannerat and H. Clouzot, Miniatures and Enamels from the D. David-Weill Collection, Paris, 1957, no. 381.
S. Coffin and B. Hofstetter, The Gilbert Collection. Portrait Miniatures in Enamel, London, 2000, p. 111.
展覽
London, Garrard's, An exhibition of important 18th & early 19th century miniatures and enamels at Garrard, 1961, no. 381.

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Matilda Burn
Matilda Burn

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Benjamin Franklin was sent to France as a deputy of Pennsylvania to seek support in America's struggle against British rule. On signing the peace treaty recognising the independence of the United States of America, Franklin's image became popular in France and enamel portraits of him were created by Weyler as part of a 'panthéon iconographique'. This pantheon, commissioned by the Comte d'Angiviller, was intended to record for posterity the most famous and influential figures of the day but the outbreak of the French Revolution brought the project to an end. For further information about portraits of Franklin by Weyler, see S. Coffin and B. Hofstetter, op. cit., London, 2000, pp. 111-112.

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